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DEVICE FOR 'DE'STRIOYING INSECTS.

Patented Mar. 4-, 1884,

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UNIT D STATES PATENT Orrrcn CHARLES J. G'USTAVESON, OF SALT LAKE-CITY,UTAH TERRITORY.

DEVICE FOR DESTROYING I NSECTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,616, dated March 4,18 84.

v Application filed May 28, 1583. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

' Be it known that I, CHARLES J. GUST-AVE- so'N, of Salt Lake City, inthe county of Salt Lake, Utah Territory, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Devices for Destroying Insects, 810.; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming partof this specification, in which 1 Figure I is a side View partly insection, and Fig. 2 is a detailshowing the attachment of a sprinkler tothe receptacle B.

My invention relates to a novel construction of device for destroyinginsects by fumigation, and which is also applicable for use as adisinfecting apparatus, or for administering medicine or'vapor baths,and which may also be used for sprinkling clothes, flowers, &c.

It relates to that class of apparatus in which a spirit-lamp is locatedbeneath a vessel for generating steam, which vessel is provided withaflexible pipe for directing the jet to any desired point.

My invention consists in the peculiar'construetion of the apparatus, aswill be hereinafter fully described.

In the drawings, A represents the spirit lamp, and B is the vessel whichcontains the water or other liquid to'be evaporated. For sustaining thevessel B above the lamp and at any distance above its flame, the saidlamp is provided with a single upwardly-proj ecting standard, 0, whichis in. the nature of a spring, which, when free to assume its normalposition, is curved. Upon the side of the vessel B are two loops orkeepers, a (none above the other, and of a width to receive the standardO. NVhen the standard 0 is entered through these loops it becomesstraightened to a vertical line, as in Fig. 1, inwhich position itsupports the vessel B above the lamp in a manner that permits it to beslid up and down on the standard and maintained at any adjustthespirit-lamp it is my intention to make the said vessel, when not in use,to slide down and rest with its bottom directly upon the wick-- tube ofthe spirit-lamp, as shown in dotted lines, which is thus sealed againstthe evapora- 5 5 tion and loss of alcohol. 7 f

In constructing the vessel B its bottom is made concave on the outside,and curves upwardly and inwardly at the center. The obj ect, of this isto give alarger and better heating-surface for the vessel, and this formalso strengthens and braces this end of the vessel and prevents it alsofrom becoming pierced with holes 'and rendered leaky bybeing set uponany sharp object.

At the upper end of the vessel B is a screwneck, I), which, when thedevice is being used, is covered steam-tight by a cap, E.

For directing the steam or vaporized liquids to any desired point, anipple or short tube, 7c

b, is placed at the upper end of the vessel B,

and over it is fastened a gum tube, F, having at its end a taperednozzle, 0, for directing the jet into small crevices and inaccessibleplaces.

To hold this tube in any position in which it 7 5 may be placed, Iarrange inside of it a supporting-wire, d, which is provided with asleeve, 6, at its end that fits in the nipple Z) of the vessel andswivels or turns freely therein,

but fits with sufficient frictional contact to maintain thesupporting-wire in any position in which it may be placed. This avoidsthe necessity of holding onto the tube' with the fingers, which tubebecomes highly heated by the steam.

In making use of my invention I may employ it in the form shown as aninsectdestroyer, in'which case such volatilizable materials are placedin vessel B as generate fumes poisonous to insects, or it may beemployed for dis- 0 infecting or fumigating a sick-room, in which caseasmall quantity of carbolic acid, perfume, or medicinal substance may beevaporated with the water, or water alone may be evapo-. rated, tocorrect dryness of the atmosphere. 9 5 Furthermore, it may be used asaportable vapor bath by placing a blanket around the patient and puttingthe apparatus to work beneath the chair upon which the patient sits; oras a further use I may employ the vessel B as a sprinkling device byputting a perforated rose, G, in the place of the screw-cap at the topand stopping up the nipple b.

H is a curved handle for transporting the.

device. This handle has its ends bent and] adapted to fit under thekeepers a a, and press against the spring-standard C, so that it notonly acts as a handle, but also as an aid in holding the vessel B on thestandard by pressing the latter into firmer frictional contact with theformer.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is l. Thecombination of the lamp A, having the single bent s n'ing-standard C,with the vessel B, having loops or keepers a a for sustaining andadjusting the vessel above the lamp, as described.

2. The combination, with the lamp A, having standard 0, of the vessel B,made adjustable thereon, and adapted to slide down and CHARLES J.GUSTAVESON.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN LEWIs GRUNDHAND, A NDRO' O. INGELSTROM, .ToHN BIANNING.

